Legislature’s budget committee debates ‘400-year-veto’ before party-line vote

By: Erik Gunn

Outlets: Wisconsin Examiner

Published: February 3, 2026

Words: 818

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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The Legislature’s powerful budget committee voted on party lines Tuesday to endorse a bill repealing Gov. Tony Evers’ 2023 partial veto that enables Wisconsin public school districts to raise their revenue limits by $325 per pupil per year for the next four centuries.

The measure was the only legislation to get any significant debate during the two-hour session of the Joint Finance Committee, even as its outcome was a foregone conclusion: an 11-4 vote with …

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